Not only blending voices, the three meshed their differing strengths, David Crosby for social commentary and atmospheric mood pieces, Stephen Stills for his diverse musical skills and for folding folk and country elements subtly into complex rock structures, and Graham Nash for his radio-friendly pop melodies, to create an amalgam of broad appeal.
Stills dominated the recording of the album. Apart from drums, handled by Dallas Taylor, he played nearly all of the instruments on the album.
David Crosby bristled over the plan for "Long Time Gone"
as he thought he should at least play rhythm guitar on his own song.
Stills convinced him to go home for a while and when he returned Crosby
was won over by the music track that Stills and Taylor had recorded.
50
years later, the lyrics still resonate, and David Crosby is still
rocking out, an un-apologetic hipster that has lived life to his own
beat. Here is a live recording from a year ago - I wish I knew who the
guitar player is!
(By the way, David and his band will be at The Saban Theater in Beverly Hills on September 10)
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